JAWS Strikes Again - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

HobieScot · 08-19-2015, 01:46 PM

Lucky there was a boat near by to assist

If he was out there alone that story could have had a very different ending with nothing to spook the GW away or the boat to get him out of the water.

The bites on the kayak were investigative bites. Sharks don't have hands like we do to check things out. So they use their mouths to investigate things to see if it is something they want to eat.

Unfortunately for us an investigative bite can easily be a fatal one with the amount of damage they cause.

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Rambo · 08-19-2015, 03:04 PM

What he need is this!

Shark repellent
A shark repellent is any method of driving sharks away from an area. Shark repellents are a category of animal repellents. Shark repellent technologies include magnetic shark repellent, electropositive shark repellents, electrical repellents, and semiochemicals.
Shark repellents can be used to protect people from sharks by driving the sharks away from areas where they are likely to kill human beings. In other applications, they can be used to keep sharks away from areas they may be a danger to themselves due to human activity. In this case, the shark repellent serves as a shark conservation method.
There is evidence that surfactants such as sodium lauryl sulfate can act as a shark repellent at concentrations on the order of 100 parts per million. However, this does not meet the desired "cloud" deterrence level of 0.1 parts per million.
Research indicates that sharks will avoid an area when they smell chemical released by dead and dying sharks. Six chemicals were synthesized from shark glands and tissues and used in experiments. Sharks immediately reacted once they detected these chemicals. To quote a 2004 Associated Press article, "Fisherman and scientists have long noted sharks stay away if they smell a dead shark."

08-19-2015, 01:46 PM	#1
HobieScot Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 370	JAWS Strikes Again Lucky there was a boat near by to assist If he was out there alone that story could have had a very different ending with nothing to spook the GW away or the boat to get him out of the water. The bites on the kayak were investigative bites. Sharks don't have hands like we do to check things out. So they use their mouths to investigate things to see if it is something they want to eat. Unfortunately for us an investigative bite can easily be a fatal one with the amount of damage they cause. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

08-19-2015, 03:04 PM	#2
Rambo Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: West Covina, CA Posts: 434	shark repellent What he need is this! Shark repellent A shark repellent is any method of driving sharks away from an area. Shark repellents are a category of animal repellents. Shark repellent technologies include magnetic shark repellent, electropositive shark repellents, electrical repellents, and semiochemicals. Shark repellents can be used to protect people from sharks by driving the sharks away from areas where they are likely to kill human beings. In other applications, they can be used to keep sharks away from areas they may be a danger to themselves due to human activity. In this case, the shark repellent serves as a shark conservation method. There is evidence that surfactants such as sodium lauryl sulfate can act as a shark repellent at concentrations on the order of 100 parts per million. However, this does not meet the desired "cloud" deterrence level of 0.1 parts per million. Research indicates that sharks will avoid an area when they smell chemical released by dead and dying sharks. Six chemicals were synthesized from shark glands and tissues and used in experiments. Sharks immediately reacted once they detected these chemicals. To quote a 2004 Associated Press article, "Fisherman and scientists have long noted sharks stay away if they smell a dead shark."